Die Ärzte (lit. The Doctors[[note]][[NotThatKindOfDoctor As in medical doctor/physician]].[[/note]]) are a punk rock/pop-punk band from Berlin, Germany. Along with "Music/DieTotenHosen" (lit. "The Dead Pants") they are the most successful German punk act. In TheNineties they made a music video starring [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]]. They [[SarcasmMode modestly]] refer to themselves as ''die b[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ä]]ste Band der Welt''; "the bäst band in the world."

For most of their career they have consisted of:* [[PunnyName Farin Urlaub]] (Vox, Guitar)[[note]]His stage name is a pun on the German phrase ''fahr' in Urlaub'', meaning "go on [a] vacation."[[/note]]* Bela B. (Vox, Drums)[[note]] His stage name is a tribute to Creator/BelaLugosi[[/note]]* Rodrigo Gonzalez (Vox, Bass)

* AllMenArePerverts: Parodied in "Männer sind Schweine". The song starts with calling them the "usual" pejorative terms; pigs, rats, etc., but by the end it's the nonsensical "men are cars."* AnAesop: Quite a few especially on their recent album "Jazz ist anders" [[note]]"Jazz is different"[[/note]]* AudienceParticipationSong: They will turn any song into this.** Their third album is still banned in Germany, because of the song "Geschwisterliebe", that's about incest. * BestialityIsDepraved: Once again played for laughs in "Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund" ("Claudia has got an Alsatian").* BlasphemousBoast: [[MemeticMutation "There is only one god: Bela Farin Rod"]]* BeYourself: The message of "Lied vom Scheitern" ("Song about failure").* BreakUpSong : "1/2 Lovesong" of the "Please don't go"- and "Mach die Augen zu" ("Close your eyes") of the "Teetering at the brink of a breakup"-variety* BrotherSisterIncest: Their song "Geschwisterliebe" (Siblings' Love) is the TropeNamer for the German page.* TheCameo: Bela appears as an usher near the end of {{Inglourious Basterds}}* TheCasanova: "Paul der Bademeister" ("Paul the pool attendant") is considered one by the band* ConceptAlbum: Le Frisur (Le Hairstyle) is all about hair.* DeathSong: "Buddy Hollys Brille" (Buddy Holly's glasses) about, duh, the tragic death of Buddy Holly. Bonus DrivenToSuicide as they claim the fact that Buddy Holly will sing in heaven for us is a great reason for suicide. [[note]] Since we're in Germany here, no one did actually take this proposal serious, let alone sued the band for the suicide of his beloved. We sue people over other stuff here, e.g. cyclone fences.[[/note]]* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Farin and especially Bela are quite fond of the horror genre. Cue the "Pro Zombie Song", the "Anti Zombie Song" and "Junge" ("Boy")* FilkSong: The "Grotesksong", a parody (or is it?) of filk protest songs.* FreudianExcuse: Subverted in "Schrei nach Liebe" ("Cry for love"), about a [[ThoseWackyNazis neo-nazi]] skinhead.-->Your violence is just a silent cry for love-->Your jackboots long for tenderness-->You never learned to articulate properly-->And your parents never had any time for you... ASSHOLE! * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: How in the name of all [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saumagen Palatinate Saumagen]] did they get away with a song about how the federal chancellor Helmut Kohl hits his wife?! Germany has laws against libel, too!* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Their logo is a parody of this; it's an A with ''three'' dots on top of it. (Their name actually ''needs'' an standard two-dot umlaut above the A to be proper German).* IAmAHumanitarian: The song "Gebt Schweinen eine Chance" (lit. "Give pigs a chance") jokingly advices cannibalism against hunger and for a better world.* InTheStyleOf: Something they like to do.** 'Leichenhalle' spoofs {{Rammstein}}.** 'Vermissen Baby' moves towards Type 0 Negative.** The Warum{{ska}} is... [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} ska]].** They video to '3 Tage Bart' is in the style of boy bands like Take That.** The best-of album 'bäst of' contains more than a dozen bonus tracks moving through maaaany genres.** 'Fafafa' was done in style of Die Fantastischen Vier, the biggest German Hiphop-act at that time* KilledMidSentence: The last verse of 'Fafafa' is ended mid-sentence by the singer being shot* IronicNurseryRhyme: PlayedForLaughs. Their song "Schlaflied" ("Lullaby") is a [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} lullaby]] about... stuff that lullabies normally aren't about.* JerkAss: "Scheißtyp" [[note]]German for "piece-of-shit kind of guy"[[/note]], "Paul"* LongRunner: They have been around (with one short break) for now 30 years. They just released the album ''Auch.''* MonsterMash: 'Monsterparty' has the protagonist attending a party at [[{{Dracula}} Dracula's castle]] where he meets {{The Invisible Man}}, {{King Kong}}, FrankensteinsMonster, Film/{{The Wolfman|1941}}, [[DemBones a skeleton]], [[Film/{{Jaws}} the Great White Shark]], The {{Mummy}} and {{ET}} * ObligatoryBondageSong: ** Parodied in "Bitte, Bitte" ("Please, Please")** Likewise in "Sweet Sweet Gwendoline"* {{Sampling}}: The opening riff from "[[Music/{{Metallica}} Master Of Puppets]]" was sampled in 'Fafafa'* SelfParody: Their spoof album "Jazz ist anders - Economy Version". It contains all the songs from the original album "Jazz ist anders" but in amateurish and unfinished versions, altering the texts, singing with modified voices, playing 20 seconds of the song and then discussing why they don't want to play the song anymore, resulting in one member shooting the other two, killing them on record. [[spoiler:He sings the rest of the songs alone and cries over his actions.]]** The song 'richtig schön evil' has Bela (and Rod, but mainly Bela) trying to frame Farin as a terrorist to stop his solo album from being a success. * SequelSong: "Claudia hat nen Schäferhund" (Claudia has a German shepherd) has three, titled "Claudia II", "Claudia III" and "Claudia (Teil 95)" (Claudia (Part 95)). About the topic, have a look at BestialityIsDepraved above.* ShoutOut:** "Monsterparty" mentioned a lot movie monsters** "Lied vom Scheitern" ("Song about failure") has a video which is very [[{{Saw}} sawesque]]** Their MTV-Unplugged-release was recorded in a school and called "Rock'n'roll-Realschule" ("Rock'n'roll-middleschool") as a tribute to [[{{TheRamones}} Rock'n'roll-highschool]]** "Micha" is a song about a lonely cowboy and mentioned LuckyLuke's catchphrase.** "Schrei nach Liebe" begins with a [[TheSweet musical shout-out]].* TakeThat: "Lied über Zensur" ("Song about censorship"), as well as the video to "Bitte, Bitte"* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Often a bit more than three chords, but often true to their punk roots.* WrongGenreSavvy: The former bass player Sahnie reportedly considered himself to be TheFaceOfTheBand. The response of Bela and Farin was to kick him out, without any backlash.